Three people are dead in unrelated crashes in Minnesota that happened Thursday and Friday.

A single car crash in Mille Lacs County left one man dead about 2:30 p.m. Thursday.

Douglas Murl Starr, 67, of Onamia, was killed when the 2006 Saturn Vue he was driving went off road on a curve in Bayview, struck a tree and rolled. Starr was traveling west on U.S. 27 when his car swerved to the right and drove across 92nd Avenue, according to the Minnesota State Patrol.

He was not wearing a seat belt and the State Patrol says alcohol was a factor.

In Stearns County, a Waite Park woman died when when she lost control of her car and veered into oncoming traffic about 1 p.m. Thursday.

Bonnie Jean Waibel, 68, was driving north on U.S. 15 south of County Road 1 in Sartell when the 2018 GMC Terrain crossed the road and collided with three vehicles waiting to make a left turn onto County Road 1.

Her car continued north, crossing the median and northbound lanes of Hwy. 15, coming to rest in the right ditch.

The drivers and passengers of the other three vehicles were not injured.

About 4:45 p.m. Friday, a Willmar woman died when a 2003 Chevy Venture crashed into oncoming traffic in Meeker County.

Yasmin Abdi Ahmed, 19, was driving in icy conditions west on U.S. 12 near Grove City when she lost control of the vehicle. She crossed the center line into the east lane of traffic, striking a Chevy Colorado and a Ford Ranger.

The driver of the Chevy Colorado, Ali Danzeisen, 25, of Litchfield, had non life-threatening injuries. The driver of the Ford Ranger, Joshua Pehrson, 24, of Willmar was not injured.

Deanna Weniger is a weekend reporter, covering breaking news and anything left over from the week day reporters. She has worked the environmental beat in Port Huron, MI, where she also was a columnist. She is a pastor's wife, homeschool mom, owner of 11 chickens and veggie gardener extraordinaire.

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